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rove life cycle - Sepedophilus cinctulus
Copyright © 2008 Jim McClarin

rove life cycle - Sepedophilus cinctulus
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
Size: about 3.5 mm
Here one of the larvae has fully pupated, shedding its larval skin. Although many beetle pupae gyrate furiously at the least provocation, these pupae were fairly quiescent.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 2 August, 2008 - 5:33am
Last updated 5 January, 2011 - 11:32am

Moved
Moved from Sepedophilus.
… Jim McClarin, 5 January, 2011 - 11:32am

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